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Billions of Habitable Planets?

Posted by michael on from the every-one-of-them-filled-with-tribbles dept.

cbv writes: "MSNBC has an interesting article about new calculations by Charly Lineweaver and Daniel Grether, both of the University of New South Wales in Australia, which provides an interesting answer to the question on how many potentially habitable planets exist in our galaxy."

22 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. this is not the first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this, is not, the first, post. really. its not.

  2. WWCSS (What would Carl Sagan say?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Haha!! I KNOW i got modded down for not ever being modded down. stupid bitches, mod this one down too you stupid fucks. as much as i add interesting commentary and have never trolled and the 1 time i call a moderation into question i get modded as a troll, haha laughable (that's okay, one day i'll have mod points too, that is the point isn't it to use you mod points to exact revenge?)

  3. !(First Post) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really. This is not the first post. Really.

  4. PROPS TO PAGE-WIDENERS AND LENGTHENERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Also, thanks to Gabe for the Mtn. Dew. It's bee great drinking it.

    -Mark [Gabe's Apartment-mate]

  5. Re:must have fell asleep... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you do realize the only people you're pissing off are the ones who read at -1, dont you? nobody else sees your shit, so you're really just fucking over the "trolls" (who dont really troll) and crapflooders from trolltalk.

    You really should knock that shit off.

    - Anomymous Coward

  6. NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For those of us that are sick and tired of men's gaping anuses here is a women doing the same thing!

    Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner. If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down. If you think this is unfair, please email jamie@mccarthy.vg.

    Hang5 whilst I change my default gateway to one of the 5 other IP links comming into this building... DONE! Suckers

    1. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Just cos you like looking at mens ass holes.

    2. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why don't you just get a troll account like the rest of us. Once you hit -1, you don't get temp bans.

      Because it's a pain in the ass to switch between my No Score +1 Bonus account, and my troll account.

    3. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      RICE, RICE BABEY...

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      Gook, Butt fuck a animal that moves
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      Burning them if there not quick and nimble
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      Rolling in my rickshaw
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      The boys on standby, Waving just to say hi
      Did you stop? No I just flipped them off
      Kept on pursuing to the next stop
      Busted a left and I'm heading to the welfare office
      That block was dead
      Yo-so I continued to A1A Beachfront Ave.
      Guys were hot wearing less than bikinis
      Dennis Mai lovers driving Lamborghinis
      Jealous cause I'm out getting ice
      Shay with a gauge a Nguyen with some rice
      Reading for the chumps on the wall
      The gook acting ill because they're so full of cow balls
      Gunshots rang out like a bell
      I grabbed my rice -All I heard were shells
      Falling on the concrete real fast
      Jumped on the car slammed on the gas
      Rickshaw to Rickshaw Vietnams packed
      I'm trying to get away before the Gook Hijack
      Police on the scene you know what I mean
      Passed my up, confronted all the Gook fiends
      If theres a problem, Yo I caused it
      Check out Dave Horner's mum while my DJ fucks her
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      Take head cause I'm a Asian poet
      Melbournes on the scene in case you didn't know it
      My town that created all the shit sound
      Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
      Cause my breath is like a chemical spill
      Feasable rice that you can vision and feel
      Conducted and form, This is a hell of a fuck up
      We make it hype and you want to step with this
      Mai plays on the fade,slice like a ninja
      Cut like a razor blade so fast, Other gooks say Damn!
      If my breath was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram
      Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
      Magnitized by by the Amiga while I whack my rod
      If theres a problem, Yo I caused it
      Check out Dave Horner's mum while the DJ fucks her
      Rice,Rice Baby Rice,Rice Baby
      Rice,Rice Baby Rice,Rice Baby

    4. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      test - test.

    5. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      At least I don't post at -1 like a faggot

    6. Re:NEW FAMALE GOAT-CX SITE FOUND! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That's pretty cool. It just goes to show that, on the inside, we're all the same.

  7. Re:Alan Thicke. DEAD by govtcheez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Y'know - the worst thing about this is - everytime you post it, I get that damn song in my head.

  8. Re:Did they remember to subtract 1? by mshiltonj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because by the time we can find another one that is, this one won't be.

    Damn, dude. Can you be a little more fatalistic?

    --
    Software Wars
  9. SETI@HOME Decodes Alient Signal! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  10. Troll - MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a troll - mod parent down

  11. Take of your TINFOIL hat! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This isn't a signal you fool, its a burger king menu.

  12. This is PROOF that linus is an ALIEN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linus reamed me with his mod-probe, it was fun.

  13. Muh Baby's Daddy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux mod-probed me too, then he left. now I have to take him to court and prove he's muh baby's daddy.

  14. But can they fix the @ bug? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.slashdot.org/comments.pl?@www.goatse.cx

  15. Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  16. Metrics... by DrCode · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Can anyone tell me the difference between a 'metric buttload' and an 'Imperial buttload'? Thanks.